Great thread Loss. Lots of great memories. I don’t watch much wrestling anymore but when I do it’s usually something from the 80s. A couple of observations:
Buzz Sawyer was a wrestling machine, he was amazing when he was at his peak. My first exposure to wrestling was seeing him on TBS in GCW. He is probably the biggest what if of the decade. He just had so many demons and plus he was brutal to the squash guys. There is one match in particular from Georgia in 1983 where he literally almost killed a guy. I am pretty sure it was Randy Mulkey but Gordon Solie said Randy Mulley. I can’t find it in YouTube unfortunately.
Tully Blanchard was one of the best heels of the decade. He was amazing in Mid-Atlantic-Crockett. The fans hated him. You could hear it anytime he wrestled. They wanted to kill him.
You are so right about the ring entrances with the music. They added so much to the matches. Especially in World Class. It was a huge part of why the Freebirds were so great. It gave them an aura. When watching on the network it’s just not the same. I can remember to this day when Rude and Manny Fernandez came out to We Will Rock You as a brand new team in Crockett. It was just perfect for them. They were a great short lived team.
That Terry Funk truck video is hilarious. I can’t stop laughing. That opening with him driving the truck with that music is all time great. What was the source? Is that Ken Resnick at the very beginning? So is it Pro Wrestling USA?
What you really see is the lost art of the promos. They were such a huge part of what we grew up with and weren’t scripted. I miss listening to Jim Cornette during a Midnight Express squash match.